Toe-weight.



No. 788,844. PATENTED MAY 2, 1905.

A. O. OLFS.

TOE WEIGHT;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2v. 1904.

No. lm@88.844,

UNITED STATES Patented May e, 1905.

PATENTN OEEICE.

ARTHUR C. OLFS, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO TUTTLE & CLARK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A OOPARTNERSI-IIP.

TOE-WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,844, dated May 2, 1905.

Application filed June 27, 1904. Serial No. 214,295.

To fir/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR O. OLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Imprve ments in Toe-I/Veights, of which the following isa specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying; drawings.

The invention relates generally to toeweights for trotting horses; and it consists in the novel construction of a weight of this character composed of a base-section adapted to be secured to the horses hoof and a weight proper detachably connected to the support, and, further, in locking means for positively holding' the weight to the support, as will be hereinafter set forth.

The invention still further consists in the peculiar arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the. claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a view in perspective of the weight applied to a horses hoof. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the weight-support. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the weight in perspective. Fig. 4 is a section through the weight-support, taken on line .fr rc 3f Fig. 2.

The reference-letter A represents the weight proper having the substantially rectangular recess B formed in its rear face and an aperture or opening O leading upwardly `from the recess through the top of the weight, as plainly ihown in Fig. 3.

D represents the weight-support consisting ln this instance of the base-section E, having screw-holes a and and a shank F integral with the base. This is preferably made of spring metal and the shank split, as shown, to form two oppositely-disposed spring-leaves G ind H, arranged one immediately in advance )f the other. A shoulder or offset I is also ormed upon one of the leaves, preferably the member G, at a point near its top, which is adapted when the parts are assembled to engage over the top portion of the weight and positively lock the latter from displacement. The base-section is secured to the horses hoof by suitable screws extending through the openings fa and b. The members of the split shank, normally spread attheirouterends,areclamped together and the weight passed over them and forced downwardly until the offset I passes beyond the weight, when by the spring of the metal the leaves will spread and the shoulder engage the weight-top, locking, as before described, the parts against displacement. To remove the weight, it is merely necessary to compress the spring-leaves suiliciently to let the weight pass over the shoulder.

It will be obvious from the description of my invention that while the toe-weight is of exceedingly simple construction it is positively locked when the parts are once assembled, so that any danger of the weight iiying oil' when the horse is trotting is entirely prevented.

What I claim as my invention is- In a toe-weight, the combination with a weight-support adapted to be detachably con nected to a horses hoof, consisting of a basesection and a shank rising upwardly therefrom, said shank being split vertically to form oppositely-disposed outer and inner substantially Hat-surfaced rectangular leaf members spread at their free ends, a weight having a slotted portion engaging over the shank, and an offset on one of the leaf members engaging over the top of the weight and acting to positively lock the latter against disengagement from the shank.

In testimony whereof I afhx mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR O. OLFS.

Witnesses: A

H. O. SMITH, EDWARD AUL'r. 

